passengers aboard flight 214 just after crash landing. you can hear how chaotic and terrifying the scene was. >> we just got in a plane crash and there are a lot of people who need help. >> we have people over here that weren't found and they're burned really badly. >> we'll have much more come up but understandably terrifying scene. an intense day in court the boston bombing suspect in public for the if, time facing his victims. we'll hear from some of those victim's voices. what do you think it would be like face-to-face with a killer. are diet sodas bad for you? a new study says they may cause to you gain weight. our dr. sanjay gupta will join us to break down what it all means. we begin this morning with this, closing arguments on tap today after a testy final day in the george zimmerman trial. there were fireworks involving the judge who pressed zimmerman

to say he would not testify. the jury is expected to get this powder keg of a case tomorrow. question, could there be any last second surprises. george howell is live in sanford, florida. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. just as the defense team rested its case prosecutors opened the possibility that george zimmerman could have been underneath trayvon martin as initially suggested and john guy went to great lengths to prove it in court and we saw defense attorney mark o'mara jump right on that argument. george zimmerman answered the question on everyone's mind, would he testify. >> have you made a decision as to whether or not you want to testify in this case? >> no, not at this time. >> i object to the court inquiring of mr. zimmerman as to his decision about whether or not to testify. >> your objection is overruled. >> reporter: but after a tense exchange between judge debra nelson and zimmerman's lawyers he made his choice. >> after consulting with

counsel, not to testify, your honor. >> reporter: there was also proof in court wednesday you can learn a lot from a dummy. during one of the most surreal moments in court, both sides straddled a foam dummy in attempts to illustrate the conflicting arguments as to what happened the night trayvon martin was killed. prosecutors john guy argued it would be difficult for zimmerman to shoot at a 90-degree angle had trayvon martin been on top as presented by the defense. >> would it be consistent the 90 degrees if trayvon martin had been backing up and the defendant raised his gun and shot at 09 degrees. >> reporter: then defense mark o'mara grabbed the dummy. >> were they inconsistent with someone doing this? >> reporter: on the final day of testimony, robert zimmerman returned to the stand to address the screams heard on the 911 tape. >> absolutely it's my son,

george. >> is that an opinion that you still have through today? >> t >> surely. >> reporter: judge debra nelson will decide whether or not to grant the prosecution's request to apply lesser charges of manslaughter and aggravated assault. >> self-defense is self-defense to everything. there shouldn't be a second-degree murder charge and shouldn't be any lessers. >> reporter: so we know that jurors will be back here in the courtroom today at 1:00 p.m.. prosecutors will make their closing arguments and we expect they should take about two hours, then we will see the defense team make closing arguments on friday, they should take three hours and prosecutors will then again get a one-hour rebuttal, that's all on friday. >> thanks, george. coming up later in the show there's big questions remaining about how this will all end. cnn's senior legal analyst jeff toobin, defense attorney danny cevallos and cnn analyst sunny

hostin to break it down for us. from extreme heat to extreme rain, wild weather hitting the country from coast to coast. people are dealing with mudslides, wildfires, funnel clouds, flash flooding, there's just some of the video you can see of what people are dealing with. chad myers is here in the weather center with a look of what's going on. it continues to be extremes no matter where you are. >> we've only started as the year of extremes and yesterday was no exception. literally it was coast to coast. residents in pennsylvania caught in a rush of turbulent weather from a funnel cloud touching down north of pittsburgh to the flash flood submerging the city. residents are braving what some say could be the worst flooding they've seen in a decade. rising water leaving people at a standstill. emergency crew s wading waist deep trying to check out homes. >> devastated, absolutely

devastated. the harley-davidson is still covered with water, water tank, furnace, everything down here is just completely devastated. >> reporter: to the west, a swift mudslide in colorado, sweeping away cars in its wake. no injuries were reported. and the massive carpenter one wildfire continues to rage in the mountains near the dry and hot las vegas strip. >> what you are currently seeing is not dawn. it's all fire. the widespread smoke a sign of destruction. the wildfire destroying structures and injuring several firefight firefighters. chance of showers out there, and a big chance of showers and thunderstorms across the eastern part of the country as a cold front is going to continue to move to the east. the cold front is going to make a perfect weekend for the northeast but we have to deal of a day of wind damage even in the city. it's going to be a day where the

rain continues, afternoon thunderstorms popping up. if you have an afternoon flight you may want to try to get out earlier. the afternoon flights will certainly be delayed as the storms pop up near the cities. i expected morning delays in atlanta but it looks okay. unbelievable weekend in the northeast, still flooding across the southeast and the monsoon rains, the mudslides were incredible across parts of the west, they continue today. lots of rainfall in just a couple of hours, warm across the southeast for the rest of the week and chantal, chantal is dead. it's over. >> so it's over. >> it's over. it couldn't keep up, it couldn't do anything right, it couldn't get out of its own way. >> you were making all the lines and trajectories and this rainbow of possibility. bubkus. >> hurricane season is not over. >> are you asking for a tropical storm? >> watch what you ask for. >> that's true. >> plenty of time dealing with that. my family in indiana was saying those storms were nasty.

>> i was making sure everybody was okay. next thing i'm going to be in a slicker tied to a stop sign. >> how does it feel, chris in. >> it's wet, kate, i can't hear you. also new, for the first time we are hearing the frantic 911 calls made by passengers of flight 214 just moments after the plane crashed on the runway, this comes as new questions vountd flight crews. it took pilots 90 seconds before they ordered passengers to evacuate the burning aircraft. miguel marquez is live at san francisco international airport with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning there, chris, when a caller says look i've just crash landed at san francisco airport and the 911 operator says, what runway are you on? unbelievable. we're also learning a lot more about the final seconds of this plane before it crashed. >> i just got in a plane crash and there are a lot of people that need help. >> we have people over here who

weren't found and they're burned really badly. >> reporter: a chilling description of the traumatic scene as passengers escaped the burning aircraft in a desperate plea for emergency medical assistance. >> we've been on the ground i don't know, 20 minutes, a half hour, there are people laying on the tarmac with critical injury is, we're almost losing a woman over here, we're trying to keep her alive. >> family members of the two girls who died and others injured on asiana flight 214 visit the crash scene. and for the first time, six members of the asiana flight crew make a stand of solidarity with six of their colleagues still in the hospital, emotion and anguish is written in their faces. >> translator: we are putting our best efforts to recover from this accident. >> reporter: many crediting the heroic actions of the flight crew for saving so many lives. investigators now say three

flight attendants were ejected from the plane, still in their seats. fourth injured by an emergency slide that deployed inside the cabin, they also pulled out extinguishers and fought fires as passengers escape. investigators say it took a minute and a half for that evacuation to begin. this as we are learning more about the investigation itself. ntsb saying two and a half minutes before impact there were several changes to autopilot and auto throttle modes. it's not clear whether the pilots themselves were making the changes. the pilot of the aircraft told investigators at 500 feet he was temporarily blinded by a light. >> he did talk to us about the approaching landing, but it was a temporary issue. >> reporter: airports and airline officials eager to get back to full operations as arrangements are made to move the charred remains of flight 214. now authorities here say that

there was a very large triage going on near the plane but we also know many individuals ended up near the seawall and that's where a lot of the issues came with them not realizing for some minutes there were people who needed assistance as well. kate? >> miguel, thanks so much. you can really hear the desperation in their voices in the calls. to moscow t takes nearly 13 hours to fly if you ever wondered from moscow to caracas, venezuela. if edward snowden decides to accept the offer of asylum it will likely take him quite a bit longer. phil black is here on snowden's roundabout route to safe haven. he's live in moscow this morning. seems no matter what path snowden wants to take it's going to come with quite a bit of risk, right, phil? >> reporter: good morning, kate. venezuela's protection would give some comfort to snowden, but if you look at the logistical challenges to travel

from moscow he has no easy option that guarantees his continued freedom. the direct route isn't an option, that would mean flying through europe, the same countries that recently refused access to the plane carrying bolivia's president because they suspected edward snowden was also on board. there's only one path that guaranties avoiding the sovereign air space of countries that might be willing to help the united states get snowden back and it's a long journey via the arctic and the atlantic, around 6,800 miles, a potentially risky flight, almost entirely over water on one tank of fuel. without an aircraft capable of making that journey, snowden's options become much more complicated. he could head south through the middle east. it's possible a russian friendly country like syria would allow him to transit its air space or even land but where to from there? he'd have to pick apart across

africa, around countries which receive substantial foreign aid from the united states. there is no obvious or easy course but if successful, he could then make the final jump across the atlantic to venezuela. all of this assumes edward snowden has the money to hire a private aircraft and a willing crew or the backing and resources of a country that is determined to defy the united states. at the moment, venezuela's offer to help only kicks in one territory. it has not shown any willingness to send an aircraft or the money he would need to escape moscow. back to you, kate and chris. >> phil, thank you so much. it is very interesting to see the potential routes but also all the risk that comes with almost every option he's got. >> at the end of the day all those routes will wind up leading in the same place. about 12 minutes past the hour. let's get to michaela for the latest news, the more they look

into the train crash in canada the worse it seems to get. >> good morning to you at home. 20 people are now confirmed dead in the quebec train disaster. many, many more are still missing but investigators say they were likely incinerated in that inferno. we want to show you new aerial images showing you the before and after damage, you can see that explosion leveled the town. this as the railway ceo places blame on an employee, casting doubt on the engineer's story that he said 11 handbrakes on train cars before they broke three. for the first time attorneys for james holmes admits he killed 12 people and wounded dozens more but they say he was in the throes of a psychotic episode when he committed the aurora movie theater massacre. holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to 166 counts of attempted murder and other charges. >> a setback for randy travis, he's out of surgery after

suffering a stroke. he remains in critical condition. the stroke was a complication from his congestive heart failure. fire crews in arizona can finally turn the page. officials say the yarnell hill fire is over. officials say the yarnell hill fire began with a dry lightning strike and burned some 8,400 acres. the we have to show you heart-stopping video a mini van backing out of a parking spot, slamming into a mother and her 1-year-old. the baby was not hurt, mom suffered a scraped knee. this is a photo of the driver because he took off. they're asking for the public's help in identifying him. >> so he stopped. >> he stopped, they were able to get the stroller loose, mom

stood up, grabbed the baby. >> he did not wait to find out if that child was okay? >> no. >> did he know he hit the child? >> he must to because he paused. that's a question, too, or if he paused because he felt something back there and took off. >> you could imagine they'd be screaming at him to stop. >> sometimes when people are in shock they aren't that vocal. it's amazing you see the worst situations and what a blessing, that was a good one thank you for that. you heard michaela say the police are trying to find that man. we showed you the picture. if you know that face please try and help out. coming up on "new day," the boston marathon bombing suspect in court face-to-face with some of the court victims. plus justin bieber is making headlines for all the wrong reasons again. why does it involve former

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he pleaded not guilty to all 30 counts against him including murdering four people and wounding more than 200 others. the hearing was packed with dozens of survivors and family members. cnn's deborah feyerick was inside the court wednesday and in boston this morning for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning there, chris. some of the people dzhokhar tsarnaev wanted to kill was in court. if they were aware he was sitting there watching him he certainly didn't acknowledge it. under heavy guard, armed security and police divers searching the harbor outside the courthouse 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev was arraigned wednesday as police outside lined up to honor slain mit officer sean collier, inside some 30 victims and family members sat shoulder to shoulder, watching, lizzing and for mom liz norden hoping for any scien of remorse.

>> no remorse, like he smirked at people in the courtroom. >> reporter: speaking in a thick russian accent tsarnaev pleaded not guilty to 30 charges against him including using a weapons of mass destruction to kill people. tsarnaev 's two sisters sobbed when they saw their brother. his feet were shackled, his hand was in a cast and it appeared he suffered some nerve damage to his face. he looked back at his sisters smiling repeatedly, seeming to ignore the judge and the seriousness of the situation. norden whose two sons lost a leg each in the attack. >> i wanted them to see how we feel. >> reporter: the hearing took less than ten minutes. tsarnaev returned to prison where he will celebrate his 20th birthday this month. now also in court were some of the tsarnaev 's old high school wrestling buddies and they said two things stood out. first the russian accent. when they knew him he never had

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>> it's fascinating. we'll talk about that coming up. in sanford, florida, the prosecution in the george zimmerman murder trial begins closing arguments today. the defense is expected to deliver its closing tomorrow, meaning the jury could begin deciding zimmerman's fate late in the day friday. the defense rested wednesday without zimmerman taking the stand. we'll hear from former sanford police chief bill lee in a matter of moments. for the first time we're hearing 911 calls after asiana flight 214 crashed including this one from a man who just evacuated the plane. >> hi, we just left the san francisco airport and our airplane crashed upon landing and i think you need to come here as soon as possible. >> remarkably calm, the family of the two chinese girls who died in the crash visited the scene wednesday. their parents wanted to see where they died.

the pilot who was flying the plane told them a flash of light blinded him temporarily and it happened at the same time the pilots realized the plane was flying too low and too slow. the faa is increasing requirements for airline co-pilots, first officer also now have to log at least 1,500 hours of flight time before heading to work in the cockpit. current regulations allow co-pilots to have 250 hours under their belt. they call for co-pilots to be rated for the aircraft they are flying which will require additional training and testing. the defense has rested in the trial of bradley manning, who admits leaking hundreds of thousands of pages of classified material to wikileaks. his defense team argues it didn't harm national security. the rebuttal phase of the trial starts monday with both sides expected to call witnesses. justin bieber behaving badly again, this time apparently got him a phone call from former president bill clinton. tmz released a video of the pop

star relieving himself in a restaurant's mop bucket. he also sprayed a photo of clinton with some sort of cleaning product while cursing at the picture of the former president. bieber later tweeted that he spoke with clinton on the phone, he called the former president a "good guy" and said his words mean a lot. we should point out nischelle turner will have a lot more on this story coming up later in the show. the whole situation is a problem. >> who was following him with a camera? >> everybody. >> he's got people. he's got a crew. >> can you imagine getting that phone call. who is this, bill clinton, the guy i was just spraying -- >> i'd be like this is a joke. >> a lot of sorries and silences as you hear what the man has to say. >> awkward is the only word to describe that situation. you want to move on? >> yes. >> i think it's time. it's also time for our political gut check, coming straight out of washington, pressure building on house republicans to get on board or

do something with regard to immigration reform as house republican leaders met wednesday to discuss the issue behind closed doors. cnn's chief national correspondent john king is here to break it down. it was a marathon meeting in the base of the capitol, house republicans getting together to figure out their strategy but it seems when they left that they really put the brakes on doing anything quickly on immigration reform. what's your take on this? >> well, kate, optimism for a sweeping bill including a path to citizenship is now fading. let me show you why the house is different from the country at large. we think about this map the president won re-election and won very big in states like new mexico and nevada in states like florida, i could go on, places where the latino vote matters so you would think republicans because of the states and because of a number like this, the republicans would be thinking maybe we want to improve our standing with latino voters. the president got more than 70% so republicans think this is a

crisis and they think immigration reform is one of the ways to improve their standing. when it comes to debate on house, red and blue america look at this, house districts are more local. there is a lot more red america than blue america. most of the conservatives go home they don't think they need to listen to the president and some don't think they need to listen to their own leadership. there are only 17 republicans across the country in districts carried by president obama. the same problem for democrats, so they don't feel pressure to compromise or vote with the other guy. look at how much red there is in america. the president won the big urban areas and the suburbs but if you're steve king tea party congressman you're teelg john boehner i don't want to give a path to district because his district is 92% white, 5% latinos. he feels no pressure to give the united states this deal.

pennsylvania a blue state, the president carried it big but look at the red in the middle. another republican congressman on this district, 89% white, 5% latino. when you think about republicans have to fix this problem remember at the house level most of them go home, they see politics as local, they don't see the problem so it creates a problem for speaker john boehner trying to get a comprehensive bill. >> when you look at the numbers you just showed and you also have the reality that republicans came out making very clear that if they do anything it's going to be kind of a go slow approach, they're not going to push anything through quickly. does that tell you that this is going to be likely a big issue in the midterms then in. >> we have to see what happens between now and then. the best hope for any large reform bill is the house passes something, may not have a path to citizenship, it passes something that becomes a vehicle for compromise negotiations with the senate, the same conversation we have about student loans, can they get to a

point where they're sitting in a room saying here's my plan, here's yours. let's find common ground. some people think if the president can't get almost everything he wants he's going to say no instead of signing something short of his goals instead of getting some bill he'll carry the issue that helped him in 2012 into 2014 and beyond. >> the big question is if the house passes something without some path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is it going to pass the full congress? probably not. >> they have to do something. it's too important. as john well knows just because people are white doesn't mean they don't want a path to citizenship. just about everybody who is white came through immigration. >> that's the case republicans need to make in their district. >> that's what leadership is. >> they don't feel the pressure back home, that's the problem to say i'm going to give you that. they still call it amnesty and when they go home they get reelected. >> leadership, the loans, we

shift from what was the problem with the house, we go to the senate, democrats couldn't get it done there either. where do you see this in terms of the help for students, to me as i watch this process it seems like it's getting worse, not better. >> it's getting messy. sometimes when things seem messy and confusing we should fall back on old adages. if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. some of the democrats think a one or two-year fix and deal with this down the road. lot of republicans and democrats see that as a political stunt, they want to do something temporary, something driven by washington politics but not good policy. it didn't work in the senate so this gives them an opportunity to take a deep breath step back and if the senate can pass something it can sit down with the house and negotiate a compromise. the house position is not all that different from president oba obama's. if you want to get something done the senate democrats would have their own argument saying we don't trust the republicans,

good. pass the bill, call their bluff, get into negotiations, have the debate publicly but pass the bill first and try to move the process forward. after yesterday there's an opening for that. you want to be an optimist that washington will work, good luck. >> you keep ending every one of these segments with the perfect button that we cannot top. john king great to see you. >> that's why he's john king. >> great to see you back at the magic wall, i haven't seen that in days. >> it's been complaining it hasn't been on "new day" for a while. >> i've been making a mockery of that wall. you hear these politicians talking about wanting to get the young vote and wanting to reach out to people, what would be a better issue than helping people get to college. >> there's a disconnect between politics and doing what's right for your constituents. >> you'll have to tell me all about that. it's confusing. >> you know nothing about politics. >> it makes my head hurt. we have to take a break so i can

settle myself. before we come back the former police chief of sanford, florida, says he didn't want to arrest george zimmerman let alone charge him for the shooting of trayvon martin. how he claims the case got hijacked out from under him. plus have you ever wondered what it would be like to shampoo your hair in outer space? >> yes. >> the how to video coming up. (girl) what does that say? (guy) dive shop. (girl) diving lessons. (guy) we should totally do that. (girl ) yeah, right. (guy) i wannna catch a falcon! (girl) we should do that. (guy) i caught a falcon. (guy) you could eat a bug. let's do that. (guy) you know you're eating a bug. (girl) because of the legs. (guy vo) we got a subaru to take us new places. (girl) yeah, it's a hot spring. (guy) we should do that. (guy vo) it did. (man) how's that feel? (guy) fine. (girl) we shouldn't have done that. (guy) no. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru.

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welcome back to "new day," everybody. cnn exclusive interview now the former sanford, florida, chief of police. remember, when this first

happened, police believed zimmerman's accounts of what happened. former chief bill lee says the george zimmerman investigation was hijacked by outside forces telling cnn he was pressured to make an arrest, even though he felt there wasn't enough evidence. cnn's george howell sat down with him and joins us live from sanford, florida. very important interview especially now, george. >> reporter: chris, good morning. so police chief bill lee and his own investigators, they all testified in court and lee believes it came out in court that they did their job to the letter and they were not able to make that arrest only as a matter of law, but lee believes he still ended up taking the fall. are you saying this was the result of political pressure that you lost your job? >> i believe it was political pressure and the fact that i upheld my oath. >> reporter: sanford, florida, a town caught in a divisive racially charged death investigation.

neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman admitted to shooting and killing unarmed teenager 17-year-old trayvon martin and at the time, bill lee was the police chief. >> we wanted to find out what truly happened and seek justice. >> reporter: lee says the investigation started that night. they took zimmerman into custody for questioning, but he claimed self-defense, and the sanford police department let him go. your lead investigator, chris serino, suggested manslaughter on the initial police report. why is it for 40 plus days george zimmerman walked a free man? >> the laws of the state of florida and the constitution require you to have probable cause to arrest someone. the evidence and the testimony that we had didn't get us to probable cause. >> reporter: martin's parents hired benjamin crump, a skilled civil rights lawyer and his persistent demands that george

zimmerman be arrested set an international uproar. was there a lot of pressure on you to make an arrest, when you look back? >> there was pressure applied. the city mappinger asked several times during the process, can an arrest be made now and i think that was just from not understanding the criminal justice process. >> reporter: in a statement, city manager norton bona parte tells cnn "lee told me he took an oath of office and could not make an arrest. once he told me, i don't recall ever asking him about arresting hem." police passed the case to the state attorney's office and the government assigned it to special prosecutor angela cory wlo charged george zimmerman with second-degree murder but it was too late for bill lee. >> that investigation was taken away from us. we weren't able to complete it. >> reporter: after only ten months on the job, lee was temporarily suspended and later

fired. so you'll remember, think back to that 911 call and the nine emergency calls that were played for the family, also released to the public. bill lee says he was against that. he says those tapes should have been played individually for each family member, that they should not have been played in city hall with the entire group, as it did, he says, bias their interpretation of what they heard. >> that's right, george. it was certainly an issue at trial, the judge dealt with it and now we'll wind up seeing how it concludes. i appreciate you bringing the interview. kate, over to you. all right, it's time for a quick check of news making headlines around the world. first the muslim holy month of ramadan is under way, while the religious, will the religious observance calm tensions in egypt or make them worse. reza sayah is in cairo with more.

>> reporter: where in the world is ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi? no one's seen him in public for more than a week no, one's heard from him. finally new information about his whereabouts although details are scance. he's being treated well and not facing any charges. it's not clear where he is. what is clear he's not a free man. mr. morsi's supporters demanding his reinstatement but the temporary leadership in egypt not waiting, pushing forward with a new caretaker government. >> reza, thanks so much. now to london where a prank phone call earlier this year to a london hospital where the duchess of cambridge was being treated for morning sickness could trigger a criminal probe in australia. erin mclaughlin has more. >> reporter: it was the phone call broadcast around the world, two australian deejays crank called this london hospital which was at the time treating

the duchess of cambridge for severe morning sickness. that call was linked to the suicide of the in urs that picked up the phone. seven months later a possible criminal investigation in australia. authorities handed over a file of evidence to australian police and have asked them to consider whether any australian laws have been broken. back to you, kate. >> thank you so much. now to china where the world's largest building is now open for business. the new century global center is the size of three pentagons and has one incredible swimming pool. david mckenzie has more from beijing. >> reporter: this will soon be the taulg building in china, as for the biggest in the world it's just been unfailed in chengdu, a whopping 5.77 million square feet. two luxury hotels a mediterraneanville annual and if

y mediterranean village and the pool crushes onto the largest l.e.d. screen in the world which is either at sunset or at sunrise. here in china even with the economy slowing down it's clearly bigger is better. back to you, kate. >> wow, that is one impressive building. >> new number one. let's take the show on the road and go see it. >> i get afraid of those high ones. whenever the helicopters blow you flying around you know you're a little too high. when we come back, diet soda supposed to help you stay thin. new study says they can lead to weight gain, stroke, heart disease. dr. sanjay gupta is here to tell us all about it. have you ever wondered how astronauts washed their hair in zero graph isn't it we have a fantastic and hair raising exhibition coming up. >> i like it. dad. how did you get here?

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night said there will be no interest rate hikes for a very long time. stocks like that. also great housing news, foreclosures fell to pre-crisis levels down 14% since may, down 35% from a year ago. states with the most foreclosure filings, florida, nevada, illinois, ohio, and georgia. believe it or not, pet insurance is one of the hottest employee benefits in the u.s.. according to the ap it's offered by one in three fortune 500 companies. perks for pet owners. >> so you can't get good insurance for yourself but you can get it for your dog. >> wait until you see the premium. >> the cadillac plan. thanks so much, christine. that's an interesting one. let's get straight to chad myers on that in the weather center what you need to know before you or your pet heads out the door this morning. >> it was a random night in weather across parts of the country, an awful lot of severe weather which is going to make its way into the northeast into your flight path if you're going from new york to the south or

anywhere across the country so expect delays for sure this afternoon in atlanta. we have one good piece of news, chantal is dead. no longer a tropical system whatsoever. lost its name, lost its circulation, no threat to florida at this point. guys back to you. >> all right, chad, thank you very much. it is now top of the hour, which you know means it is time for the top news. they just want to see him punished for taking trayvon's life. >> this is it, closing arguments begin today after fireworks in the zimmerman trial. the jum go the judge goes at the defendant and does the prosecution have one last surprise. under water, parts of pittsburgh submerged as heavy rains and flooding slammed the northeast while out west mudslides overtaking cars. diet soda shocker a new study finds diet drinks are worse for you than regular soda. could those diet colas be

causing to you gain weight? dr. sanjay gupta has what you need to know. >> your "new day" starts right now. >> announcer: what you need to know. >> there are people laying on the tarmac with critical injuries, head injuries and we're almost losing one here, we're trying to keep her alive. >> announcer: what you just have to see. this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan, and michaela pereira. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "new day." it is thursday, july 11th, 7:00 in the east. i'm chris cuomo. >> good morning, everybody. i'm kate bolduan joined by news anchor michaela pereira. coming up for the first time we're hearing the 911 calls from passengers on flight 214, really begging for help in the chaos after that crash. >> there is a woman out here on the street, on the runway, who

is pretty much burned very severely on the head and we don't know what to do. >> we're going to have the latest on those calls and on the investigation into the crash coming up. talk about a mother's anguish, here's the situation, her children are in cyprus with their father. the court says she has custody. the question is why is she facing arest? the international custody fight is heating up. we'll have the latest. interesting story out of long beach, it's been the sound of summer for generations. that song, you know what i'm talking about. one community is trying to restrict this music that has played on ice cream trucks, the bittersweet fight ahead. >> wow, i don't like that one at all. let's begin this morning closing arguments expected today in the murder trial of george zimmerman. the defense rested its case wednesday without putting zimmerman on the stand. not a big surprise but what was surprising we heard from him when the judge made the highly unusual move of questioning him directly. cnn's george howell has more from sanford, florida. george? >> reporter: chris, good

morning. we did hear george zimmerman make a decision about whether he would testify just before the defense rested its case, the state essentially opened the possibility here that george zimmerman could have been underneath trayvon martin, something the defense has suggested all along, and we saw prosecutor john guy go to great lengths to show how that could have happened. the defense jumped right on that argument. george zimmerman answered the question on everyone's mind, would he testify? >> have you made a decision as to whether or not you want to testify in this case? >> no, not at this time. >> i object to the court inquiring of mr. zimmerman as to his decision about whether or not to testify. >> your objection is overruled. >> reporter: but after a tense exchange between judge debra nelson and zimmerman's lawyers he made his choice. >> after consulting with counsel, not to testify, your honor. >> reporter: there was also proof in court wednesday you can learn a lot from a dummy.

during one of the most surreal moments in court, both sides straddled a foam dummy in attempts to illustrate the conflicting arguments as to what happened the night trayvon martin was killed. prosecuting attorney john guy argued that it would have been difficult for zimmerman to shoot at a 90-degree angle had trayvon martin been on top as presented by the defense. >> would it be consistent the 90 degrees if trayvon martin had been backing up and the defendant raised his gun and shot at 90 degrees. >> reporter: then defense attorney mark o'mara grabbed the dummy to support his argument. >> were the injuries on the back of his head consistent with someone doing this? >> reporter: on the final day of testimony george zimmerman's father, robert zimmerman, returned to the stand to address the screams heard on the 911 tape. >> absolutely it's my son, george. >> is that an opinion that you still have through today? >> certainly.

>> reporter: in another important ruling today, judge debra nelson will decide whether or not to grant the prosecution's request to apply lesser charges of manslaughter and aggravated assault. >> self-defense is self-defense to everything. there shouldn't be a second-degree murder charge and shouldn't be any lessers. >> reporter: so what's next in this case? we know that at 1:00 p.m. eastern time the jury will return to hear closing arguments from the prosecution. we expect the prosecution could take two hours for that. then on friday, the defense attorneys will be here and make their closing arguments, they're expected to take about three hours and then the prosecutors again on friday get one hour for rebuttal, chris, kate, before this case goes back over to the jury. >> beginning of the end, george, thank you very much for the report. this is it, this is the last impression the jurors will have with them before they go back into the room. >> hours of kind of summing it up ahead but the jury and everyone will be watching it

closely. critical moments in this trial. other thing we're watching torrential rains and flash flooding putting pittsburgh literally under water. it's part of the wild weather pattern we're seeing from coast to coast. chad myers is looking into all of it. the video is startling. >> it's not summer unless you get thunderstorms in the afternoon. we expect it in spring but mother nature got fired up last night. residents in pennsylvania caught in a rush of turbulent weather from a funnel cloud touching down north of pittsburgh to the flash flood submerging the city. residents are braving what some say could be the worst flooding they've seen in a decade. rising waters drowning the city, leaving buildings, people and considers at a standstill, looking for a way out of the muck. emergency crews wading waist deep to check out businesses and homes, residents like debbie williams trying to cope with what's left of her basement. >> devastated, absolutely devastated. the harley-davidson is still covered with water, water tank,

furnace, everything down here is just completely devastated. >> reporter: to the west, a swift mudslide in manitu springs, colorado, sweeping away cars in its wake. no injuries were reported. and the massive carpenter one wildfire continues to rage in the mountains near the dry and hot las vegas strip. >> what you are currently seeing is not dawn. it's all fire. >> reporter: the widespread smoke a sign of destruction. the wildfire destroying structures and injuring several firefighters. already seeing storms fire up around new york city metro area, that will slow down the airports for sure. this weather will stretch down to atlanta, if you are on a plane today you might want to pack some patience because there will be delays. the storms will fire up in the afternoon, the storms that planes have to fly around. cooler and less humid for the weekend, it couldn't ena better weekend that's why they're

sending me back to atlanta where there will be more flooding and rainfall. you get what you get but don't pitch a fit. i have one more day to fill in for indra. thank you so much. >> it's been great having you. you talk to anybody and they've either been faced with it or have somebody like my husband that serious travel troubles with air travel. >> chad, everett myers says you get what you get and you don't pitch a fit. >> i'll be sure to calling my husband and he'll be telling that to you. >> i tell that to my kid. we have something just released the terrifying 911 calls placed by the passengers of flight 214 moments after it crashed. the scene on the ground pure chaos. with more miguel marquez live from san francisco. good morning, miguel. >> good morning, chris. not only are those tapes dpra t dramatic but surreal. imagine calling 911 saying i'm

on the runway at sfo, we just crashed and the operator says which runway were you on? the guy had no idea what he was talking about, this as we learn about what was happening in the cockpit seconds before the crash. >> i just got in a plane crash and there are a lot of people that need help. >> we have people over here who weren't found and they're burned really badly. >> reporter: a chilling description of the dramatic scene as passengers escaped the burning aircraft in a desperate plea for emergency medical assistance. >> we've been on the ground i don't know, 20 minutes, a half hour, there are people laying on the tarmac with critical injuries, head injuries. we're almost losing one here, we're trying to keep her alive. >> reporter: and a somber moment on the runway, family members of the two girls who died and others injured on asiana flight 214 visit the crash scene. and for the first time, six members of the asiana flight

crew make a stand of solidarity. with six of their colleagues still in the hospital, emotion and anguish is written in their faces. "we are putting our best efforts" she says, "to recover from this accident." many crediting the heroic actions of the flight crew for saving so many lives. investigators now say three flight attendants were ejected from the plane, still in their seats. a fourth injured by an emergency slide that deployed inside the cabin, they also pulled out extinguishers and fought fires as passengered escaped. investigators say it took a minute and a half for that evacuation to begin. this as we are learning more about the investigation itself. ntsb saying two and a half minutes before impact there were several changes to autopilot and auto throttle modes. what's still not clear is whether the pilots themselves were making those changes. the pilot of the aircraft told investigators at 500 feet he was temporarily blinded by a light. >> he did talk to us about the

approaching landing, he relaid that to us but it was a temporary issue. >> reporter: airports and airline officials eager to get back to full operations as arrangements are made to move the charred remains of flight 214. officials say that there was a massive triage at the plane itself. they didn't realize for some time there were other victims way at the seawalls several hundred yards away. they eventually got to them and also say they don't bring ambulances to the scene like that in mass casualty situations in case that plane explodes they don't want the ambulances to go up as well. back to you guys. >> that's an interesting point. miguel marquez following it in san francisco, thank you so much. now to washington, there is big pushback on immigration reform. house republicans are making it pretty why i clear they're against a bipartisan bill that passed in the senate. they're taking a different approach they say but it could take months. dana bash is following all of this on capitol hill.

i think the basic question is now, dana, after all this talk, does this mean all hope is lost for any immigration reform? >> reporter: the answer is no, all hope is not lost but it is certainly as you said going to be a very different kind of approach for the house than it was for the senate. this was a two-hour meeting yesterday among all house republicans, highly anticipated and talking to many lawmakers coming out, kate, it was very spirited but also revealed a deep divide within the house gop. the biggest divide is how to give or whether to give citizenship or even legal status to the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in this country and what was interesting is that there seems to be growing consensus among republicans that maybe at least they can give some kind of legal status to children of illegal immigrants who came to this country with their parents. but of course as you said the senate bill, the bipartisan bill is not going to go anywhere and that was affirmed based on conversations out of this

meeting yesterday, but i can tell you that there is also a concern about the politics and the policies, so there does seem to be a consensus about moving forward on some kind of legislation and bits and pieces, border security, et cetera, but that probably won't even start until after the august recess. >> clearly a lot of pressures here but when house republicans are starting to compare comprehensive immigration reform to the president's health care law you can be sure that it's not going anywhere in the house. >> yes. >> dana, thanks so much, great to see you, thank you. >> reporter: you, too. can you imagine what it would take to get 11 million people out of the country? >> a lot and be very expensive. >> it's easy to argue the politics but the practicality. >> that's where the struggle is on any talk of legislation in this regard. >> this is big, though. >> politics and the logistics. >> maybe we'll give it to the kids oh yeah and send all the parents out. it's sophisticated and complicated, that's why we watch it so closely. we get over to michaela, interesting news out of the vatican. >> absolutely. good morning to you at home. new this morning pope francis

making it a crime to abuse children, engage in child prostitution or to create or possess child pornography within the vatican. all of those acts were crimes under church law but they're officially outlawed within the vatican city state where several hundred residents live. 21 people are confirmed dead following saturday's train wreck in canada. 30 others are still missing and likely dead. the head of the main montreal atlantic railway says they secured 11 cars before they broke away from the engines. you can see where the town was literally leveled by that explosion. in california, the desperate search for a missing 11-year-old terry smith ends with investigators finding a body. remains found in a shallow grave near his family home matched terry's description, an unidentified teenage family member has been arrested.

randy travis fighting for his life, the legend dear country singer is out of surgery and in critical condition following a stroke. the 54-year-old travis was hospitalized sunday for congestive heart failure. his family and friends are at his bedside and they're requesting prayers. a case of military money misspent? a $34 million base the u.s. military recently finished building in afghanistan will either get torn down or be turned over to the afghan government, this as a special inspector general says military commanders knew as early as may of 2010 that they wouldn't need the facility. this is in addition to a $772 million aircraft acquisition plan for an afghan unit incapable of flying or maintaining aircraft. we have some amazing video several good samaritans springing into action when a man in a wheelchair accidentally rolls off a train platform on to the tracks below, happened at a metro station in washington,

d.c.. the first person to react was an army specialist who saw it all happen. another passenger came from the opposite platform to help. the man in the wheelchair landed very close to an electrified rail, apparently he broke his wrist, suffered a cut to his leg but otherwise is home recovering and is very grateful. >> you always hope you would react the way they did when something happens. you hope you would do what that guy did. >> sometimes people do nothing, they're afraid so the more we show the stories, thank you for that, michaela, it will encourage people if it's safe do what you can to help another. coming up next on "new day" an indiana mother is fighting with thurts authorities in cypr try to bring her children back home to the united states. can she win this international custody battle? we'll look into it. and diet soda supposed to be better for you. eh, maybe not so much. new study claims it could make you fat, put you at risk of heart disease and stroke. what's that about? dr. sanjay gupta is here to

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welcome back to "new day" everyone. it's a heartbreaking custody battle. any custody battle over children is heartbreaking. an indiana mother uprooted her life moving half way across the world all in an effort to see her two children who she says are in cyprus with their father. she says their father is keeping them there in cyprus. now what started as an ugly divorce has turned into a bitter international battle. cnn's pamela brown is joining us now more on this. you feel horrible for the children but this doesn't sound like it's going to be over any time soon. >> it serm doesn't. it's complicated, heartbreaking, complicated as we know any custody battle is especially when it's international. marla smith hasn't had custody of her kids in more than two years after her ex-husband took them to cyprus where he's originally from and an indiana judge ruled she could have full custody of her kids, however a cyprus court says it has jurisdiction and has given custody to the father so who wins?

>> it's devastating. you want to see your children every day and tell them that you love them so much. >> reporter: marla smith says she's trapped in a nightmare. she's moved half way around the world for her two thichildren f indiana to cyprus. >> it's almost like you're mourning the loss of your children but they're stale life. >> reporter: the trouble started in 2009 when smith and her husband traveled to cyprus. their marriage fell apart less than a year later. smith packed up and left cyprus with the kids. >> after i arrived in the usa and filed for a divorce and he found out, then he filed kidnapping charges against me. >> reporter: soon after she says she received this letter from the u.s. state department asking her to consider voluntarily agreeing to return the children to cyprus so she did. later an indiana court granted smith custody of her two children, but she hasn't been able to bring them back home.

that's because her ex-husband took the case to a court in cyprus which granted joint custody. so smith says in order to see her children, she's had to move back across the ocean, but she says her ex-husband has made visitation difficult. i spoke with smith's ex-husband on the phone and he disputes her account. he says she does see the children regularly. >> i'm the one, that i go to the park and swimming pools and i get together with her and she sees the kids. >> reporter: he maintains he only wants to do what's best for the children. smith says she may be thrown in jail for failing to pay child support, they ordered her to pay even though she doesn't have a work permit in the country. >> i will go to jail for them. i will work for them every day if i have to. i will hire every attorney on the planet if i have to. i will die for my kids. >> reporter: legal experts say smith may lose the battle to ever bring her kids back to the u.s.. >> if you voluntarily allow your

children to return to a country like cyprus, you then cannot later on say the u.s. should have custody. >> smith says despite that she is vowing to keep up her fight. she says cyprus has already issued a warrant for her arrest for failing to pay that monthly child support. we did reach out to the office of smith's congresswoman and that office told us it will continue to assist with the request to the state department on her behalf. >> has the state department had anything to say about this? they seem to be the one agency that could actually help. >> we did reach out to the state department as you saw in the story the state department initially sent her that letter asking her to voluntarily turn her children back over to the ex-husba ex-husband. the state department is saying they're aware of this private legal matter as they call it that they provided consular assistance to miss smith and they'll monitor the case closely. there's not a whole lot that can be done because the kids are in

cyprus. she voluntarily handed them over. they were in cyprus when the indiana judge made that rule and it's been more than a year so under the statute of limitations it's going to be very difficult for her to be able to get those kids back and bring them to the u.s.. >> it doesn't have to end there, though. paul callan is a great attorney. although it seems exotic it happens in a lot of cases. >> you've covered stories before. >> i have and the state department, they share a lot of responsibility in these situations about how they're handled, how they defend the rights of their citizens. it's a complicated situation, a lot of families get hurt. >> seems like her best bet is to stay in cyprus and have partial custody of her kids. >> what does that do to your life? >> cyprus is in the middle of an economic crisis as well. >> pamela thanks so much for bringing the story. we'll bring updates as we get them. coming up next on "new day" if you are a diet soda drinker, can you believe it can make you fat? not the full calorie stuff, and it can also make you sick.

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♪ welcome back, everybody. this is "new day." it's thursday, july 11th, i'm chris cuomo. >> good morning, everyone i'm kate bolduan. let's get straight to news anchor michaela pereira for the top news happening right now. >> good morning to you at home. closing arguments in the blockbuster george zimmerman murder trial. the prosecution gets its turn today, the defense tomorrow. prosecutors are asking the judge to allow the jurors to consider lesser manslaughter charges against zimmerman. the defense rested wednesday without zimmerman taking the stand in his own defense. in a moment we'll talk with sunny hostin and danny cevallos. investigators want to know

why it took the pilots 94 seconds before they told passengers to evacuate the aircraft. police released 911 by passengers moments after the plane crashed onto the runway in san francisco. >> there are people laying on the tarmac with critical head injuries and we're almost losing one here, we're trying to keep her alive. >> one of the pilots tells investigators his sight saw a flash of light before reaching the runway. someone kid month 21-year-old daphne viola webb while her father went into a store, the witness was taken by an unidentified woman in her 30s or 40s. treeia heinz kerry is listed now in fair condition. doctors at massachusetts general hospital still trying to determine what caused seizure like symptoms that landed john kerry's wife in the hospital sunday. listen to the secretary of state

fighting back tears while thanking everyone for their support. >> teresa is doing better, under evaluation and we hope improv g improving. i want to thank everybody for the remarkable outpouring of good wishes. it's been really, very special. >> doctors have ruled out heart attack, stroke and brain tumor as the possible cause of heinz kerry's illness. finally you're never too young to seek re-election. we want to introduce you to young robert bobby tops, he was 3 when he became mayor of dorsett. it's not official. the town draws a name, $1 a vote during its annual taste of dorsett festival to serve as mayor for the next year. bobby won last year and he's hoping for a second term, running on a fine platform of ice cream and fishing. >> i cannot handle that outfit. >> looks fantastic in a chapo.

>> the fishing vest, the wellies. >> a 4-year-old knows it's better to share, you have to work with other people and if you don't have something nice to say don't say anything. >> a hug heals most. >> and ice cream is good for all. >> as long as you don't confuse fish and ice cream. >> oh my gosh you are the cutest little muffin. i was talking about the toddler, not you. >> easy junior. >> another moment lost. the george zimmerman trial is nearing its end, closing arguments expected today. what will they be? before we get to a breakdown let's look at some of the highlights from day 12. >> the injuries on mr. zimmerman's back of his head were they consistent with someone doing this on cement? >> i don't think so. >> mr. zimmerman, have you made a decision as to whether or not you want to testify in this case? >> on mr. zimmerman's behalf

that question -- >> i am asking your client questions, please mr. west. >> i object to the court inquiring to mr. zimmerman as to his decision whether or not to testify. >> your objection is overruled. have you made a decision? >> yes, your honor. >> and what is your decision, sir? >> after consulting with counsel, not to testify, your honor. >> all right, so the big deal here not that zimmerman didn't testify but that whole exchange with the judge. we'll get into that with our experts in a second. here to the wall the defense rests. obvious to that. not to testify, your honor. what was that about? not testifying was pretty obvious here but did he have to, given what the prosecutors had done? that's going to be a big part of the analysis. dueling dummies, the prosecutors and defense attorneys both got on top of the mannequin to show what happened. which theory did it support better? the jury is watching them, probably their last picture of what to make of the altercation so important.

then parting shots. the defense puts on this white victim of a robbery by black men and talks about how scary that was to her. what did that mean, was that race-baiting or somehow painting a picture of zimmerman, the prosecution may have a surprise witness, we'll talk about that with the experts. is there someone they can put on to say george zimmerman attacked me before, changing his character complexion with them and where do we see the balance of who is up and down as we go into closing arguments, better minds than mine will give us the answers to this. we have danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney, sunny hostin, former prosecutor and cnn's legal eagle. first make clear to the rest of us, sunny, what was going on with the judge when she slaps defense counsel out you have the way and says i want to talk to zimmerman, i want to find out if he's testifying. why? why? >> well look it happens in courtrooms every day. the judge has the right and must actually speak to the defendant and find out whether or not his

decision to testify or not testify is truly his decision made voluntarily, and so that's something that you see in courtrooms all the time. it was sort of odd that don west objected to the court's inquiry because it's something that happens day in and day out and they've had a lot of testy exchanges, chris, throughout this trial and so i think we were sort of surprised the night before, there were all of these fireworks between this defense attorney and this judge, and you know, i've been in front of judges that haven't liked me, that have been testy but you don't do your client any favors when the judge doesn't like you so you have to learn to back off. >> a judge not liking you, impossible, you must be lying. >> it's happened. >> now i'll move on. danny did the defense do a good enough job of the suggestion that zimmerman would have been able to reach for his gun from the bottom. the prosecution saying he couldn't get the gun from this position. >> it's a tremendous piece of

improve by defense attorney mark o'mara to take a dummy that was a prop used by the prosecution and turn it around on the prosecution themselves, they introduced the dummy and now o'mara look at the drama you can see it right there as he smashes it into the back of the concrete. whatever point they were trying to make was underscored by that physical display. remember these demonstrations in court sear figuratively i suppose sear the image into the jury's mind. they're very, very effective and i think both the verbal and the demonstration part were very effective. >> sunny, a lot of people on the sidelines are asking for lesser charges shows the prosecution's weak, not confident in their case. you talk about what happens all the time, this certainly does and why is this a good option for the prosecutors? >> it does happen all the time. if the evidence supports lesser included offenses then as a prosecutor you ask for it. i've been shocked so many people

are saying wow that's improper, that's not fair. it's completely fair and in fact a lot of the lesser included offenses of second-degree murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault, they're mandatory. the judge almost has to give them. what's important for the prosecution they get to argue the evidence in the alternative, if this jury does not believe george zimmerman is guilty of second-degree murder is he guilty of manslaughter? is he guilty of aggravated assault? it gives the jury a lot of options, almost a cornucopia of options taken makes the possibility of conviction that much stronger. >> and what the jury won't know is that these letter "charges" manslaughter, aggravated battery carry hefty sentences in florida but the jury won't know that. it will be interesting if they think it's a compromise or leniency. danny, the animation, can't be used as evidence, can be used in the closing. what does that mean to non-lawyers? it means that the good part is,

danny, right, they didn't have to have it cross-examined by the prosecution and have all the weaknesses of this animation come up. even though they didn't get it in as evidence how do you think this will be helpful to the defense in the closing? >> first another great piece of advocacy by the defense attorneys here. they shot the moon, asked for the sun, moon and the stars to get this admitted as substantive evidence, that means as evidence of what actually happened. there's two reasons to introduce evidence like this, one evidence of what happened, substantive and the other is a visual aid to assist the trior of fact. i don't think the defense thought they'd get it in as substantive evidence. they're happy to use it as a visual aid in closing. closing arguments is their one opportunity to argue the facts and i think it will be very, very effective. >> sunny, we end with you, the three big points the prosecution will make in its closing, what's your guess? >> this case is all about who started the fight. let's remember that, and i can

only imagine that that is what the prosecution is going to hone in on. the defense certainly has tried to make this case about self-defense but that's not really what it's about from the prosecution's perspective. it's about who started the fight, who followed, who pursued, who confronted and if the jury believes that was george zimmerman, then the defense has a pretty high hurdle because they've got to prove that he had exhausted all means of gettinging away and he was in reasonable fear of great bodily harm or eminent death so we're going to hear from the prosecution that george zimmerman started this fight and he didn't need to. >> all right, danny cevallos i promise i'll give you a chance when the defense comes up from their closing. sunny and danny thank you very much for your analysis. great as always. as we come back here you know what? with so much at stake and we haven't heard the closings yet you have to say, this case could go either way. it's so important on so many levels and it will come down to who can convince the six women

who will be going into that room that their story makes the most sense. so much at stake. kate? >> thank you so much. coming up next on "new day" you may want to put down that diet soda after you hear the results of a new report. dr. sanjay gupta is here to tell us what those low calorie soft drinks have and what they do to you. also, wedding bells are ringing for halle berry. nischelle turner has that. [ female announcer ] this summer, plan a romantic getaway at a conrad, enjoy an unforgettable breakfast at an embassy suites, or lead a victory dance at a hampton. get great rates at our ten top hotel brands during the great getaway. book now at hiltongreatgetaways.com.

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welcome back to "new day," everyone. it is money time and christine romans is here with all the business news you need to know. >> look at her wallet. >> it might be fatter today, record highs in stocks, possible record highs today. stock futures are sharply higher after the fed chairman ben bernanke said last night interest rates should stay low. stocks rallying around the world, futures are higher. the dow needs to rise just 108 points, 108, look for that, a little over two hours and it would be a record. do you have a sweet tooth for iowa sweet corn? you have to wait. wet weather delayed plantings and the sweet corn coming in

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university researchers saying diet soda can not only make you fat but they can also increase your risk of heart disease and stroke. so "new day's" doctor thank goodness. >> debbie downer, really? >> welcome to my world, doc. >> i appreciate that even more, thank you. >> but in all seriousness, sanjay, tell us what this report, what we should take from this report. >> this is an interesting report, quite fascinating and a review of studies, this was more of an opinion piece but there's been this drumbeat for some time about diet drinks and what they're specifically doing. they're saying they look at the various studies over the last five years and find people who drink diet drinks often are increasing their risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke and the question has been why? they're drinking a non-caloric drink so why would those things be happening? what they're starting to say is when you drink a diet drink it's somehow tricking your body a little bit.

it may raise a little bit of insulin and that makes your body crave sugar, so you drink diet drinks all day long but you're craving sugar. you didn't get the real stuff, you go home and start to hunt for sugar. that's why you start digging into the ice cream or cake, whatever it may be. again this is a bit of an opinion piece but you've been hearing this for some time the whole idea something is changing in your body as a result of the diet drinks. >> so it's not specifically the diet soda. it's what it leads to? >> that's right and it's not even necessarily just diet soda, the artificial sweetener specifically. another way of explaining this is that even people who are normal weight, doesn't necessarily have to do with weight, the body sort of preps itself for getting a sweet, sugary thing but it doesn't get it. it's like wait a second, i expected to get it. >> i still want it. >> and now when i get it, maybe you cried wolf last time, give me a lot of sugar now before i believe you. >> you're not saying there's a connection between the weight

gain is the reason for the increased risk for heart disease. >> exactly. they said people who were not necessarily gaining weight still had increased risk of heart disease, diabetes and even stroke and it could be subsequently they didn't know how to metabolize sugar as well so even just smaller amounts of sugar had more of a detrimental effect on the body. >> is it such a surprise? isn't diet soda garbage, all artificial chemicals and what makes it sweet is weird. >> a lot of people say it's a good alternative for people trying to manage their weight, instead of drinking sugar drinks, drink the diet drinks. for a lot of people that works but to your point the chemicals probably have an effect on our bodies and brains. the thing i find fascinating we can trick our bodies. we think we're being clever. we'll give you something that tastes sweet as opposed to the calories but our bodies are smart in that regard. >> one thing separate to this is the supposed link to cancer with

these artificial sweeteners. i'm sure you get this question all the time, do artificial sweeteners lead to cancer? >> i don't think there's any evidence of that. look, some of these artificial sweeteners have been around since the '60s so it's not just laboratory studies. you have 40-year data to look at. couple of small studies in animals that raised that red flag. animal studies don't always translate to human studies as we found out here. the cancer thing we could probably put to the side but the concern could this change our physiology that makes us crave sugar and not be able to process that as well. >> if you want something carbonated have a carbonated water no sugar at all. >> this is a multibillion-dollar industry. people want their little bit of joe. >> a little bit i think is the key. >> always. >> that's the problem with diet drinks you think that it's okay so you can drink a lot more of it and that's clearly not the

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aed robbery. a climate change study will say power systems in the u.s. will face breakdowns because of intense storms, rising seas and high temperatures. time for christine romans. please give these people some positive business news. >> foreclosures fell to precrisis numbers. down 35% from a year ago. states with the most foreclosure filings florida, nevada, illinois, ohio and georgia. coming to a school near you, iris scans. by the fall, several schools will ditch their student i.d.s and start using iris scanners. great story on cnnmoney.com. all about that new trend today. and the winner of the shortest workweek, the netherlands. 29 hours. denmark tied with norway, 33 hours. average annual wages in those countries is about $45,000. u.s. ties for highest. >> where is the u.s.? >> top of the list. >> i feel like some people on our staff work 29 hours in a

day. not us, that's for sure. chad myers in the weather center with what you need to know before you head out the door. >> thunderstorms across d.c., charlotte, philadelphia. all the big hubs across the east coast going to see severe weather this afternoon. already one big thunderstorm in connecticut right now. why does it matter? because when you put so many planes in the sky, 51 planes trying to land right now at laguardia, that, if you put a thunderstorm over the city, it begins to slow everything down and then all of a sudden it gets worse from there. >> check with the airlines before you head there, unfortunately. chad, thank you so much. now at the top of the hour which chris cuomo knows means it's time for the top news. >> if the jury follows the evidence, jorgeorge zimmerman w be held accountable for killing trayvon martin. >> final plea. closing arguments start today. could prosecutors have a final surprise witness and why did the

judge go right at george zimmerman? moment of impact. just released the dramatic 911 calls from passengers aboard flight 214 just after it crashed. and new questions, was the evacuation of the plane delayed? bubba and the biebs. doing the unthinkable in a restaurant and why it spawned a phone call from the former president. your "new day" continues right now. what you need to know -- >> it's about border security, but also about economic security. what you just have to see. >> good boy, norman. this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> it is thursday, july 11th.

8:00 in the east. i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm chris cuomo along with michaela pereira. we'll hear from survivors and victims' family who got to face him. take a look at this, mudslides, wildfires, tornadoes, floods. what is next? locusts. absolutely wild weather from coast to coast. more today. everything you need to know, coming up. how about some video that can make you smile. i just love norman the scooter. >> that is a man in a dog suit. >> going for a new guinness record. this dog has serious skills, people. he is up for john berman's award of the day. >> real dog. >> really? >> real dog. >> she has some contacts. >> she knows some people. we'll get to that. from the beginning it's been a murder trial but at the end it will get more complicated. will the jury get to consider lesser charges against george zimmerman for shooting trayvon

martin? both sides set to have closing arguments. let's get straight to george howell in the courthouse in sanford, florida. the beginning of the end, george. >> you could say that. prosecutors want this jury also to consider aggravated assault and manslaughter. defense attorneys say it can only be freedom or second degree murder. both sides utilize some unconventional methods to demonstrate their points. george zimmerman answered the question on everyone's mind. would he testify? >> have you made a decision as to whether or not you want to testify in this case? >> no, not at this time. >> i object to the court acquiring of mr. zimmerman as to his decision about whether or not to testify. >> your objection is overruled. >> but after a tense exchange between judge debra nelson and zimmerman's lawyers, he made his

choice. >> after consulting with counsel, not to testify, your honor. >> also proof in court wednesday, you could learn a lot from a dummy. during one of the most surreal moments in court, both sides straddled a foam dummy in attempts to illustrate the conflicting arguments as to what happened the night trayvon martin was killed. prosecuting attorney john guy argued it would have been difficult for zimmerman to shoot at a 90% degree angle. >> would it have been consistent if trayvon martin was backing up and the defendant raised his gun and shot at a 90 degrees? >> then mark o'mara a grabbed the dummy to support his argument. >> the injuries on the back of mr. zimmerman's head consistent with somebody doing this? >> on the final day of testimony, george zimmerman's father, george zimmerman, returned to the stand to address

the screams on the 911 tape. >> absolutely. that's my son, george. >> is that an opinion you still have through today? >> absolutely. >> reporter: in another important ruling judge debra nelson will decide whether or not to grant the prosecution's request to apply lesser charges of manslaughter and aggravated assault. >> self-defense is self-defense to everything. there shouldn't be a second degree murder charge. >> here's what we expect to happen next. today at 1:00 p.m. eastern time this jury will arrive back at the courtroom to hear closing arguments from the prosecution. we expect the prosecutors to take two hours to make their case. then tomorrow on friday, the defense team will have three hours to give closing arguments and prosecutors will, again, get one more hour for rebuttal. so, that's what all happens before this goes over to the jury for a decision. chris? >> george, thank you very much. now, let's bring in jeffrey toobin joining us from

washington. always a pleasure, thank you for joining us. let's move a little mystery out of the equation. lesser charges will come in. probably a manslaughter charge and an aggravated battery charge. what will you see as the highlights for them? >> well, i think the prosecution has one big challenge. which is to tell the jury what happened. you know, there is still a tremendous amount of contradictory evidence before the jury. who started this fight? who was on top? whose voice is on the 911 tape calling out for help? there's a lot of contradictory evidence and that is not a good thing when you're the prosecution that has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. they have to sort through this evidence and tell the jury this is what we proved and this is why george zimmerman is guilty. >> explain to people at home, jeffrey, because it's frustrating. they say we kind of know he had something to do with it. isn't that enough? the idea that the if the defense creates an idea of doubt about

the prosecution's story in our system, that could be enough to get an acquittal, right? >> it sure can. what is so interesting and in a way frustrating about this trial, by and large, we know what happened. obviously, george zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin. that is not up for dispute. really the only issue in this case is what was in george zimmerman's head. was this an intentional murder with malice and hatred or was it an act of self-defense? what was george zimmerman thinking? that's the core of every issue in this case. and it's not a simple thing to resolve. the prosecution, as you say, has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. that's not beyond any doubt and not an a impossible standard to meet. our prisons are full, after all. but it's difficult when the evidence goes both ways as it does in this case. >> if you had to guess, when the jurors go back into the room, which witness do you think they

will cling to the most in understanding this situation? >> that's a really a interesting hard question. i think the 911 tape where the investigators -- where the 911 operator says to george zimmerman, stay away. keep away from him. that's, i think, the strongest prosecution evidence because he didn't stay away and there was a confrontation between the two. certainly, a big focus of the prosecution's case. as for the defense, i think the evidence that says trayvon martin was on top of george zimmerman. a lot of evidence in the case that suggests that trayvon martin is on top. if the jury believes trayvon martin was on top, it suggests he was the aggressor. i think that is going to mean very hard to get a conviction. >> but they probably won't really know that. at the end of the day, listening to all the testimony, you can't be sure who was on top who started the fight. in terms of self-defense. explain to us, if zimmerman didn't listen and 20 out there

and then was confronted, wouldn't his defense still stand? even if he didn't listen to the 911 operator. >> yes, self-defense applies even if you make an unwise decision to approach, but it's all part of the same package. if he's the kind of person who was so determined, you know, to get these kind of people and, remember, there is, there is other evidence that zimmerman had a real bee in his bonnet about people in this neighborhood. if he is the kind of person who would approach unwisely and against police orders, he might be the kind of person to initiate the contact. but, you're right, the jury has to look at all the evidence and, again, what makes this trial so interesting and so difficult to predict is there's not one star witness. there's not one witness who is the make or break for either side. you have lots of pieces of the puzzle from each witness and, you know, at this point, i don't know how the jury is going to add it all up. i'm really reluctant to make a

prediction. >> an interesting jury, also. half the size of what we're used to, all female, mothers, gun owners there. you have a very unusual -- you think it is a quick deliberation or no? >> i don't think this jury is going to be a out a long time. the fewer number of jurors suggests a shorter deliberation. a sequestered jury. this jury is stuck in a hotel, away from their friends and family. that is the kind of thing that leads to a shorter deliberation, they want to get this over with. >> jeffrey toobin, thank you very much for the analysis. we'll be watching along with you. kate? >> going to be an interesting next couple days. has been all along, really. we're also watching extreme weather today spanning from coast to coast. take a look at some of this video. tornadoes, flash floods, mudslides, fires and everything in between, chad. the question everyone cares about, we're approaching the

weekend. any relief in sight? >> maybe by the winter, you know, when summer gets over. whether the weather is just getting worse or more cameras out there. yesterday was an ugly day for severe weather across the country. residents in pennsylvania caught in a rush of turbulent weather from a funnel cloud touching down north of pittsburgh to the flash flood submerging the city. residents are braving what some say could be the worst flooding they've seen in a decade. rising waters drowning the city leaving cars, buildings and people at a stand still, looking for a way out of the muck. emergency crews wading waste deep to check out residents and homes. >> devastated. absolutely devastated. the harley davidson is still covered with water. water tank, furnace, everything down here is completely devastated. >> reporter: to the west, a swift mudslide sweeping away

cars in its wake. no injuries were reported. and the massive carpenter 1 wildfire continues to rage in the mountains near the dry and hot las vegas strip. >> what you are currently seeing is not dawn, it's all fire. >> reporter: the widespread smoke a sign of destruction. destroying structures and injuring several firefighters. so for the rest of this week, a cold front right through the northeast all the way down to atlanta and storms will fire right along that front, like they already are right now across parts of the northeast. slowing down airports for sure. big storm right near bridgeport in connecticut moving right along i-95. cooler air for the weekend. an a amazing weekend in new york city. down to the south, still heavy rain and thunderstorms. hot and dry in the northwest and monsoonal floods. the same type of floods we saw yesterday in colorado could en in new mexico and mexico. i'll be on a plane back down to atlanta where the flood watches

and flood warnings are still in effect. so, there you go. you have to wish for a nice weekend and the northeast gets one this weekend for a change. >> not often do you see monsoon rains on his map, but many times in the past week or so. >> thanks, chad, appreciate it. we're learning much more about the critical final moments of flight 214. the pilot was temporarily blinded by a bright light just moments before the plane hit the sea wall. also chilling 911 calls of passengers pleading for help. miguel marquez is in san francisco with more. good morning, miguel. >> good morning. not only are they chilling, but also surreal. in one case somebody gets out of that plane and calls 911 saying we just crashed at sfo, we need help. operators say what runway are you on? this is what we're learning led up to this crash. >> i was just in a plane crash and there are a lot of people who need help.

>> we have people over here who weren't found and they're burned really badly. >> reporter: a chilling description of the traumatic scene as passengers escape the burning aircraft in a desperate plea for emergency medical assistance. >> on the ground, i don't know, 20 minutes, half hour. there are people laying on the tarmac with critical injuries, head injuries a. we're trying to keep her alive. >> reporter: overnight, a somber moment on an airport runway. family members of the two girls who died and others who were injured on asiana flight 214 visit the crash scene. and for the first time six members of the asiana flight crew make a stand of solidarity with six of their colleagues still in the hospital, emotion and anguish is written in their faces. "we are putting in our best effo effort," she says. many credit the crew for saving so many lives.

investigators now say three flight attendants were ejected from the plane, still in their seats, a fourth injured by an emergency slide that deployed inside the cabin and they also pulled out extinguishers and fought fires as passengers escaped. investigators now say it took a minute and a half for that evacuation to begin. this, as we are learning more about the investigation itself. ntsb saying two and a half minutes before impact, there were several changes to auto pilot and auto throttle modes. what's still not clear is whether the pilots themselves were making those changes. the pilot of the aircraft also told investigators at 500 feet he was temporarily blinded by a light. >> he did talk to us about the approach in landing. he relayed that to us, but it was a temporary issue. >> reporter: airports and airline officials eager to get back to full operations as arrangements are made to move the charred remains of flight 214. now, on those 911 calls

officials do say there was a massive triage operation at the plane itself. it wasn't until some time later that they realized there were several victims away near the sea wall, several hundred yards from where the plane came to rest. >> let's take a half step back. what about pilot error? isn't that where this begun in terms of the investigation in. >> yeah. a lot of people are talking about that as a possibility. but, investigators say it's probably too soon to tell that. look, three other boeing plane crashes where they landed short of the runway. they were a mix of reasons. one was pilot error, one was mechanical, one was a mix between pilot error and mechanical. investigators saying at this point they have thousands of hours of analysis to figure out what actually happened in that cockpit before and on that plane before they know what happened. those pilots may have been simply looking at a device that was giving them a wrong reading. chris? >> miguel marquez, thank you for

staying on it for us. this morning immigration reform is in limbo. why? you guessed it. gridlock on capitol hill it seems. house republicans are against a bipartisan bill that passed in the senate and they want to take now a different approach, but they say that could take months. cnn's chief congressional correspondent dana bash is joining us live from capitol hill. so, dana, the back and forth, where do things head from here? >> well, a house republican lawmaker summed up the state of play by saying the word comprehensive is a swear word among house republicans and that really does explain why house republicans aren't really affirming the fact that they're not going to take up the 1,000-page senate bipartisan immigration bill. but what they did say was sort of the, the consensus on, not to let immigration legislation die altogether. they're going to take it up on their own terms, slowly, piece by piece. obviously, the big question, kate, what to do about those 11 million illegal immigrants in this country.

there is a big divide. i was told that was clear inside this two-hour meeting they held. one thing that does seem it be possible is that maybe they will focus at least on the children who came to the united states illegally, maybe giving them some kind of legal status. that hasn't even been written yet, i'm told. >> this is one big issue on congress' plate as they're heading quickly towards their august recess. another big issue is this issue of student loans. seems no one on capitol hill wants the interest rate hike to stay in place. they all want to fix it, they just can't agree on how to do it. what is the latest on the negotiations there? >> the latest is i'm told they are very, very close. they have been negotiate aing sort of day and night and when i say they, interestingly, they are democrats. one of the reasons at this point that the loan rates are so high is because of a divide among senate democrats. and, so, what they're trying to figure out is how to go forward to at a least deal with some democrats' concerns that there

should be a cap to make sure these loan rates don't go above a certain amount and also democrats who say, you know what, congress should get out of this business and we should let this be more of a market-driven issue and let the market determine the rate. so, that's what they've been working on. we're told they have taken this to the cbo, which, of course, is the organization here which determines how much things cost because they want to make sure it doesn't cost the government a lot of money. we could see a potential deal as soon as today. the thing to keep in mind is that house republicans kind of called the democrats' bluff because they actually passed something that the president had supported and now democrats thought that they were going to have an issue to club the republicans with and it kind of backfired. >> party differences aside and it's the students who are caught in the middle of it. i know you will be watching it, dana. thank you, we'll talk to you soon. >> families. they all campaigned. help them with the future and education matters. >> because there's also students, families and they are

also voters. >> this one just doesn't make any sense to me. lots of news at this hour. let's get over to michaela. >> new this morning for the first time attorneys for james holmes admit he killed 12 and wounded dozens more. that admission came in a court motion filed this week. holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to 166 counts of murder, attempted murder and other charges. grammy winning country singer randy travis now out of surgery to relieve pressure on his brain after suffering a stroke but remains in critical condition. the stroke was a complication from his congesive heart failure. they implanted a device in his heart to help blood flow. casey anthony has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a dispute over the rights to sell her life story. according to abc news an attorney involved in the case says the money is a loan from a friend. that payment will reportedly

settle $800,000 worth of debt she owes to lawyers and other creditors since acquitted of killing her daughter caylee back in 2011. it is summertime, that means the return of the ice cream truck and the music that comes with it. we all know the notes, irritating to many, catchy to all. now, one city is taking steps to curb those familiar sounds. ♪ it's music to the ears of young children, the sound of the ice cream truck open for business. but now it's also ringing up some controversy. one california city wants to restrict the ice cream truck music. why? >> it gets on my nerves. >> reporter: and it's not just this resident who feels that way about the well-known ice cream jam. an a drews says his office has been flooded with complaints. >> not that we don't want you here. we want ice cream trucks in our neighborhood. but we want you neighborhood friendly.

>> reporter: that means let the music play, only while driving. melt the music away while parked. >> once it comes to a stationary point, then we'd like you to stop the music. >> reporter: the theme song acts like a piped piper luring kids to their truck. cutting the music cuts into their sales and that is not music to their ears. the city council voted unanim s unanimously to refer the complaint to the city attorney who has 30 days to draft it. the city council will take a final vote on it then. nearby fullerton, california, has a similar ban in place. when it's moving it can play, when it's stopped, it has to stop. you guys both are down on banning the music. >> i have to remove the debbie downer award from dr. sanjay gupta. that's part of summer. >> okay. even when it's naptime. wouldn't that bug you? >> three words. vanilla chocolate dip. let it play, let it play. >> i like the sound of your

music, my friend. >> we'll just leave this up for a little bit and see how long it takes for you to bother you. >> don't hate on his happy. >> don't hate on his happy. >> that's her job. coming up on "new day" the suspected boston bomber in court for the first time. plus, the george zimmerman murder trial. rising tengs as a divided nation awaits a verdict. ♪

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welcome back to "new day." survivors and victim family members looked on as the boston bombing suspect pleaded not guilty to all 30 counts against him. dzhokhar tsarnaev has been in custody since his april arrest and wednesday he made his first public appearance in the courtroom. deborah feyerick is in boston this morning. you knew it was going to be an a emotional day for those families and it definitely was, deb. >> absolutely. when you put it in context, these are people lining the marathon route. these are the same people that tsarnaev targeted. they came to court and looking for answers and, truthfully, didn't get many.

under heavy guard, armed security and divers he was arraigned wednesday as police outside lined up to honor sean collier, inside some 30 victims and family members sat shoulder to shoulder, watching, listening and hoping for any sign of remorse. >> no remorse. he smirked that people in the courtroom. >> reporter: speaking in a thick russian accent. he pleaded not guilty to 30 charges against him, including use of a weapon of mass destruction to kill people. t tsarnaev's two sisters cried and it appeared he suffered nerve damage to his face. he looked back at his sisters ignoring the judge and the seriousness of the situation.

norton whose two sons each lost a leg during the attack had a hard time watching the women. >> it bothered me when they cried. i want them to come to my house and see how my boys feel every day. >> reporter: the hearing took less than ten minutes. tsarnaev returned to prison where he will celebrate his 20th birthday this month. now, kate, also in court were several of tsarnaev's wrestling high school buddies and his coach. two things stood out. the russian accent. they say when they knew him he didn't have that kind of accent. secondly, his demeanor. he was nervous and moving around and wasn't the easy going guy they had known. kate? >> next up, he'll be back in court in september, right, deborah? >> trial expected to be three or four months, but that's a long way away. zimmerman's fate will soon be in the hands of the jury.

more bizarre behavior from justin bieber. how the teen idol managed to upset former president bill clinton. and it wasn't about music.

it's a great song. welcome back to "new day" everybody. a few grains of sand past 8:30 in the morning. i'm chris cuomo. >> interesting way of putting it. i'm kate bolduan and joined by news anchor michaela pereira. a tense moment in the george zimmerman trial. why the judge in this case decided almost to storm out of the courtroom. plus, bill clinton/justin bieber. little chat on the phone. what are they talking about? world economics. we'll figure it out because michaela has the five things you need to know for your new day and that's one of them. >> that's a conversation coming up, wait for it. at number one, closing arguments set for this afternoon in the george zimmerman murder trial. the jury is expected to get the

case tomorrow. dramatic new 911 calls have been released from passengers aboard asiana flight 214. the pilot says he was temporarily blinded by a light during the ill-fated landing. arguments beginnen manning. congress holding hearings today to reduce the number of wildfires in the west. this after 19 firefighters from an elite unit were killed in arizona. and at number five, members of the british royal family kicking off a four-day festival right on their front lawn. of course, marking the 60th anniversary of the queen's carnation. we are always updating our five things to know, make sure to go to newdaycnn.com. >> thank you, michaela. the george zimmerman, the jury is set to begin deliberations tomorrow. emotions, understandably, running very high in a case that brings together very important issues on race and guns.

with acquittal as a real possibility, florida officials are preparing for the worst. cnn elena has more on that. >> court is in recess. >> reporter: patience is wearing thin and tensions seem to be boiling over as the george zimmerman's trial nears an end. we've seen it on television. >> i appreciate you trying to recite history. >> saw trayvon on drugs. they found thc. >> reporter: on social media and even in the courtroom, exchanges between the judge and attorneys. >> i am asking your client questions. please, mr. west -- >> i object to the court inquiring of mr. zimmerman as to his decision about whether or not to testify. >> your objection is overruled. >> it's the ultimate in reality tv these days. >> reporter: dr. tiffanie henry davis says it's no wonder so many are involved in the case,

especially because it involves issues of race and guns. >> i think there is a lot at stake here. >> reporter: authorities in florida are taking notice. the broward county sheriff office has released this public service announcement. >> raise your voice and not your hand. >> reporter: urging calm regardless of the outcome. that same message is spreading on twitter, keep calm for trayvon. because so many made up their minds, dr. davis henry says acceptance of the outcome might not be easy. >> we know people like a george zimmerman. we know people like a trayvon martin. that's why we care so much about this. we want to see justice for people who are just like us. >> reporter: cnn, atlanta. >> raises some interesting points. one person in that piece said it's the ultimate in reality tv. i think people need a reality check, though. this is murder trial, someone was killed. and this is a matter of life, you know, very important legal matter that is going to affect

someone else's life irreparably, really. >> plays on some of the ugliest notions in our society. we have to hope that we are better than our worst reactions to a situations like this, no matter what the outcome. certainly, a very hard situation. you know what that is a good segue for. let's listen for a little music. you know what it is time for? the good stuff. this is the famous ohio state fight song. okay. you want to know why. because in today's edition we have a little man named grant reid. the son of die-hard osu fans and he loves the buckeyes. so what? well, this is so what. he also hates his cancer. you know what, he actually hates more than his cancer? michigan. how does this all go together? when grant was diagnosed with a brain tumor, he was scared. he didn't want to talk about it or use the word cancer. doctors gave him an idea, something else you really hate. what did he pick? michigan. in true buckeye fashion he got

psyched and he watched osu games at the same time and family made t-shirts and what happened? we're happy to tell you after a 16-hour surgery, 14 months of battling, grant beat michigan. he's cancer free right now. no matter what, no matter what you think, i know sitting next to a die-hard michigan fan for just one moment in time, for just a second, you have to feel for this kid. >> are you kidding me? >> his dislike of michigan cured his cancer. >> any michigan fan would support what grant did. >> right? >> fabulous kid and good job and come football season, grant, we have to have a talk. >> we'll get back to him on that. but, boy, it's great. such a good dose of the good stuff for us. you know where it came from? from you guys. that's where we got the story idea. keep them coming. tweet us, go on facebook and post with the #newday. tell us about the good stories

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i need a little help. that's what justin bieber is saying right now. welcome back to "new day." a story everyone is talking about this morning. justin bieber and former president bill clinton talking on the phone. exciting for most people. why are they talking on the phone? in an outrageous video posted on tmz you could see what appears to be the 19-year-old and after it went viral he suggested that they actually spoke. nischelle turner joins us with more. this boy cannot get a break. >> as this story went on yesterday, i didn't think it could get any more bizarre. but when you add president clinton's conversation into the mix, it did. was it the bubba bieber summit. perhaps the most bizarre phone call former president clinton could take part in. justin bieber suggested the two talked yesterday likely coming

after this. a video posted by tmz which shows the 19-year-old pop star relieving himself in a mop bucket by the kitchen of a new york city club. and then insalts at a photo of president clinton. overnight, bieber took to twitter with this tweet suggesting the two talked on the phone about the incident. bieber says, thank you for taking the time to talk, mr. president. your words meant a lot. #gre #greatguy. maybe words from the former president will make him think about his next time. >> they have been yessed all the time. as a matter of fact, they don't know when people are sincere with them any more because literally if you're justin bieber, they will give you what you want, even if they don't like you. >> reporter: the thing is, there are millions who do like him. millions of fans. thousands of them in iowa who say bieber left them waiting for 90 minutes at his concert sunday

night. >> i just felt like they knew they could make us wait however long and we weren't going to leave. >> reporter: couple this with a string of legal issues plaguing the pop star. a new lawsuit claiming bieber beat him up. allegations by a neighbor that he spit on him and claims by that neighbor and others of reckless driving in his neighborhood. >> i look at someone like justin bieber and i think to myself, he did work hard. he came up from the bottom. once he got there, his head got so filled with all the luxuries of fame and money and he's treating people badly. >> a couple things we should say here. no charges have been brought in the spitting or reckless driving cases. they are based on complaint from neighbors, and one he had a long-standing feud with. neither he or his reps commented on this. we got a no comment when asked from them again yesterday. we often say he is a 19-year-old kid, but also a kid with a huge platform and according to

"forbes" ninth on their list of most powerful celebrities. this kid made $58 million last year. >> no one is supporting, no one is saying that behavior is good. but, i mean, i feel like this guy is someone out to get him because it's one thing after another after another. >> you don't do stuff like this. >> and that's what really got me about yesterday. he urinated in this bucket. someone had to clean that up. did you think about that? someone had to clean it up. >> someone videotaped it. >> also looked like an adult standing on the steps right in front of him watching this. i'm just really not sure what is going on here. >> look, the reality is he's just 19, he's going to make his mistakes, true. but in this culture our kids are looking at him and modeling after him. i don't like it, personally. i wish my kids would look at the people i want them to. they hear his music.

>> maybe the former president really got into his head because those are strong words from powerful shoulders he heard yesterday. >> all right, thank you so much. coming up on "new day," meet norman the scooter dog trying to set a world record. so talented getting an award from us, as well. john berman will introduce him. note to self, man in a dog suit? >> no. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ hooking up the country helping business run ♪ ♪ build! we're investing big to keep our country in the lead. ♪ load! we keep moving to deliver what you need. and that means growth, lots of cargo going all around the globe. cars and parts, fuel and steel, peas and rice, hey that's nice! ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ helping this big country move ahead as one ♪ ♪ norfolk southern how's that function? ♪

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welcome back to "new day" everyone. we're watching a lot of news this morning, including the fate of george zimmerman could soon be in the hands of the jury. many a will be watching that very, very closely. also, the boston bombing suspect pleading not guilty to all o30 counts against him. more than half of the counts dzhokhar tsarnaev faces could lead to the death penalty. randy travis is in critical condition after surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. he suffered a stroke that doctors say was a complication of congestive heart failure. >> prayers to randy travis. you know what it is time for time for the new day award of the day award. let us get to the couch. ladies, please. every day we're working to be a

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that's what the owner says. clearly norman here has a lot of skill. pretty famous dog, actually. you may have seen norman on any number of tv shows. there he is right there. you can see him on the "late show with david letterman." posts a real-life resume on his website. on this resume he plays experience in bike riding and skateboarding also and also experience in other fields. he has experience as a news anchor. as anchor. i wanted to see any other traits on his resume that makes him qualified to be a news anchor. he has a natural sheep herding instipth. he says he's reliable. he says he can touch objects with his nose, we can all do that. but one thing on that list that seems odd to me. he says he has a stable temperament. really? for a news anchor. have you met any news anchors, norman? so, norman the multi-talented

dog, we wish you all the luck in the world tomorrow, but the award we give you today is the stick with the scooter, pal, award. we have enough anchors here already and don't you call us stable. >> i actually can get you a photo of norman wearing a suit and tie from the morning news in los angeles. >> you went to high school -- it's a guy in a dog suit. >> they went to anchor school together. >> chris claims he sees a zipper. >> i would like to say a very important point. he is going after the guinness book world record. for 30 meters. is there 29 meters winner? >> guinness occasionally comes up with new records. if you go to the dog section of their page, they have a lot of dog-like records. we did not see one for riding a scooter 30 meters. he may be the first dog ever or person, if you're chris. >> maybe we dub that one --

>> i bet you're a mean scooter. >> i can go at least 31 meters for 30 seconds on a scooter. >> that dog, i mean, honestly, the neighbors are like, oh, the dog on the scooter, again. >> oh, norman, every day, day and night. >> norman this. norman that. >> all right. enough with the dog suit. we'll be back right after this. ♪

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it's going to be -- >> wolf uses any opportunity to say penultimate. explain what it means to me -- >> second to last. >> thanks, wolf. >> all right, guys. you're doing an excellent job. see you back here tomorrow. thanks very much to all of you. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. and to our viewers, good morning. i'm wolf blitzer in for carol costello. this special edition of "newsroom." we're watching the zimmerman trial. a decisive argument under way this hour. in this second degree murder trial. prosecutors want jurors to consider the option of manslaughter for george zimmerman's killing of an unarmed teen. you see him live there in the courtroom. he has just come in and the argument as are about to begin

before the judge, debra nelson. you can see he's already wiping a little sweat off his brow. the defense team rejecting the idea of what is being called a compromised verdict, saying the jury should have only two options. a second degree murder conviction or total freedom for george zimmerman. the judge's decision will begin a critical day as closing arguments are set to begin at 1:00 p.m. eastern later today. cnn's george howell is in sanford, florida, outside the courthouse. george, the judge is now going to hear arguments and the prosecution, they want the opportunity to go forward and let the jury consider lesser charges. manslaughter, aggravated assault in addition to the second degree murder. the defense says that should not happen. they should consider only second degree murder or nothing else. >> wolf, absolutely. and for the next several hours, i would imagine, we could see some heated exchanges here. we will see both sides arguing, you know, over what this jury

should be instructed when they get those instructions. also, keep this in mind. we'll expect to see the defense attorneys really focus on the wording. what is said to this jury. how is it said? that comes during the jury instruction discussion as well today. just the other day, wolf, a very interesting situation. we got to hear from george zimmerman and his choice about testifying and before the defense rested its case we saw the prosecution open its case that george zimmerman could have been underneath trayvon martin as the defense suggested alone. we saw them bring out a dummy to demonstrate that in an unconventional manner and we saw mark o'mara jump on that argument. george zimmerman answered the question on everyone's mind. would he testify? >> have you made a decision as to whether or not you want to testify in this case? >> no, not at this time. >> i object to the court

acquiring of mr. zimmerman as to his decision whether or not to testify. >> your objection is overruled. >> reporter: but after a tense exchange between judge debra nelson and zimmerman's lawyers, he made his choice. >> after consulting with counsel not to testify, your honor. >> reporter: there was also proof in court wednesday you can learn a lot from a dummy. during one of the most surreal moments in court, both sides straddled a foam dummy in attempts to illustrate the conflicting arguments as to what happened the night trayvon martin was killed. prosecuting attorney john guy argued that it could have been difficult for zimmerman to shoot at a 90 degree angle had trayvon martin been on top. >> would it be consistent the 90 degrees if trayvon martin was backing up and the defendant raised his gun and shot at 90 degrees? >> reporter: then defense attorney mark o'mara grabbed the dummy to